Presser-foot and gage for sewing-machines



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EMILUS A. WELLMAN, oE BELFAST,- ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN FRANKLINROGERS, OF SEARSPOBT, MAINE.

PREd SSER-FOOT AND GAGE FORSEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,529, dated November13, 1883,

Application filed April 19, 1883. 7 (N model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILUs A. WELLMAN, of Belfast, Waldo county, andState of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Presser- Foot and Gagefor SewingMachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists in a combination presser-foot and gage forsewing-machines, and has the object to enable the operator to stitch asclosely to the edge of the material as may be desired, and with greaterfacility than with the ordinary presser-foot.

. with a flange, b, fora straight-line gage, and

the other end being rounded and formed with a flange, c, for use as acircular gage. The two ends of the gage are each formed with a slot, d,ofa size for fitting upon the lug a of the presser-foot, and the gage isalso formed at its mid-length with a slot, 6, for its attachment byaset-screw to the bed of the machine, and which also allows of itsadjustment nearer to or farther from the side of the presser-foot.

In using the gage it is arranged in connection with the presscf-foot, asshown in Fig. 1, and the flanges on the end of the gage serve to guidethe goods, so that the stitching may be done much more closely'to theedge and with greater facility than could otherwise be done. Thestraight end of the gage is used for ordinary sewing, and the circularend is used in stitching around the edge of a circle or inside of acurve. The lug a on the presser-foot serves not only to prevent anymovement of the gage, but also to press the material down, so thatridges may not be formed in the stitching.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent'- 1. The .combination of the presser-foot A, formedwith side lug, a, and the gage B,formed with slots (1 in its ends.substantially as described.

2. The gage B, formed with straight and with rounded flanges b c at itsends, and with a longitudinal slot. 6, substantially as described.

, EMILUS A. WELLMAN.

Witnesses:

WM. H. FOGLER, W. F. IVELLMAN.

